LoHud.com is providing access to a database that will show how much tax-payer money is being spent on travel and other per-diem expenses.

For example:Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, D-Mount Vernon, has spent $182,559 in per-diem and travel expenses over the last decade, which is the highest amount among the members of the Lower Hudson Valley state delegation. In the state senate, Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson, D-Mount Vernon, led the local delegation with $154,267 in travel and per-diem expenses.

To see how much money your local legislator has spent click here.